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No.'308,244. Patented Nomi-8,1884.

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No. 308,244. Patented Nov. 18, 1884;.

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SAMPSON A. FISHEL, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOFREDERICK B. DALE, OF SAME PLACE.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,244, dated November18, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMPSON A. FISHEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Shirts; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide a shirt better adapted thanthose of the common styles for use in both warm and cold weather, andthis object is attained by means of the de tachable and adjustable partsand the openwork fronts, as hereinafter described.

The drawings illustrate two forms of adapt ing the improvements to use.

Figures 1 and 2 show the invention as applied to shirts commonly knownto the trade as double-breasted, and Figs. 3 and 4 the form known assingle-breasted. Both forms,

however, are strictly single-breasted, asboth are made to button only atthe center, and

the double-breasted appearance is given them by the overlapping shield.

The material used may be woolen, cotton, or silk; but it is desirablethat the material be somewhat heavy, as the shirts are designed chieflyfor use by workmen and others engaged in open-air avocations.

In the drawings, a represents the shirt-body, and b the sleeves. Thefront, instead of being made of the same material as the body or ofother cl0se-woven materal,is made of a netting, c, or of other lightknitted or woven open-work, such as will freely admit the air. The shapeof this open-work front may be of any desired pattern. It is sewed atits edges to the shirt-body, and at its top to the neckband (I, andshould be made to extend well around the sides of the band, as shown.The neckband is open in front, and the openwork front is open down itscenter, both beng provided with means for buttoning or lacing. The frontshould be re-enforced with a strip of heavier fabric down the center togive it proper strength.

In the style of shirt shown in Figs. 1 and arranged to button in frontto a stud or button, so that the ends, when desired, may be turned backof the neck and left free or secured to a stud or button at the back ofthe neckband. By means of these arrangements the wearer of the shirtmay, when he so desires, remove the shield from the front, and turningthe collar back, as indicated, freely ventilate his chest and throat.

In the other form of shirt (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) the open-work front0, which may be of any suitable pattern, is sewed at its edges under theshield or outer shirt front, and at the top to the neckband, as in theother form of shirt. This outer front or shield may be of separatematerial, sewed in at its edges along with the netting. or it may be apart of the material of the body having the open-work sewed under it. Itmay be made to have the appearance of a shield-front, opening in themiddle, as shown in Fig. 8, or an entirely plain front, or of anysuitable pattern desired. The collar g is secured at the back to theneckband similarly to collar f, in Figs. 1 and 2; but at the sides andfront it is sewed to the shirt body and front, as in the ordinarysingle-breasted shirt having a fixed turn-down collar. The collar thenis buttoned at the front to the neckband along with the shirt front orbody. When ventilation is desired, the collar and front are unbuttonedand turned back and may be fastened by buttoning the neckbandbutton-hole over a button suitably pro Vided near the shoulder, thusgiving the lappeled appearance shown at w m in Fig. 4.

Another feature of the invention is the openwork 0, let in an opening atthejunetion of the sleeves with the body at the under side, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The object of this open-work so set in is to affordventilation and give elasticity to the shirt at that point, thus 1. Thecombination, in ashirt, of body a, with open-work front a, detachableshield or 15 bosom e, and collar f, substantially as described.

2. In combination, with a shirt made to i open down its front, theseparate inside openwork front or bosom 0, when arranged substan- 2otially as described.

SAMPSON A. FISHEL.

In presence of PATRICK H. GUNOKEL, CARL E. VAN CLEVE.

